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Audio: City Repair, Transit Analysis on Smart City
This week’s episode (MP3, 14MB) of Smart City includes a discussion with Bob New of the City Repair project about their work at intersections in Portland (and other projects). It starts about 28:20 minutes:seconds into the show. There’s also a rebuttal of Randall O’Toole’s transit nay saying at about 24:38 minutes:seconds into the show. It’s…
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Indulging My Obsession with Crosswalks
www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s Prague Crosswalks photoset Regular readers will know that I have a bit of a thing about our crosswalks (or lack thereof) in Portland and like to bring back examples from other cities that take them seriously. So here are two examples from Prague. The first is a run-of-the-mill crosswalk found at most corners…
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First Impressions from Praha (Prague)
www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s Prague 1 photoset Just checked in to the hotel in Prague, and trying to stay awake until dinner so I can get myself adjusted to the time zone. A few semi-random impressions from the journey: – It really is critical to our region’s economy to have the direct Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. It…
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NY Times Calls for Higher Gas Taxes
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It’s All in How You Frame the Question: Columbia Crossing Open House
www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s Columbia Crossing 2 photoset I attended the Columbia River Crossing open house on Saturday (Oct 22, 2005). For those who may be interested, there are two more open houses scheduled on October 25th and 27th (details). My first impression was that the sign you first encounter framed the question as one of congestion…